When Devils coach Brent Sutter woke up Sunday, he decided the only thing to do about New Jersey’s 7-3 loss to the Islanders Saturday afternoon was to forget about it.

“I started getting ready for [tonight],” Sutter said after practice yesterday, as the Devils readied to face the Flames at the Prudential Center (7:00, MSG Plus 2, WFAN 660 AM). “It was just one of those games where you move on. It’s been dealt with, it’s something that’s been addressed and now we’ve got to start getting ready for our next opponent.”

In the same spirit, Sutter gave the team the day off Sunday.

“[Sunday morning], I sit there and I say, ‘I’m upset and I put them on the ice, is it going to be good or bad?’ ” Sutter said. “You look at all of the games coming and this gives them a chance to get away, get some rest, get them in the right frame of mind when they come back [yesterday].”

After a perfect 4-0 beginning to his comeback from an injured left biceps, including two shutouts, Martin Brodeur suddenly was brought back to reality Saturday, allowing six goals on 26 shots through the first two periods before being pulled at the start of the third.

“That’s part of [the game],” Brodeur said. “There’ll be games that you feel good and nothing happens, and there’s games you feel really bad. . . . It’s part of hockey. You just try to shake it off.”

As Brodeur gets back on the ice tonight, his opposite number, Calgary’s Miikka Kiprusoff, is trying to chase down Brodeur’s NHL single-season record of 48 wins. Kiprusoff, who has played in 61 of the Flames’ 66 games this season, is 39-16-5 with a 2.77 goals against avearge.

“I just like how competitive he is,” Brodeur said. “The saves out of position he makes . . . he’s just a battler in there. His stats are not that great, but he just wins, and I think that’s what is great.

“He doesn’t just sit back. He poke-checks and does a lot of different things that a lot of goalies don’t necessarily do.”

There also will be some family ties to tonight’s game for Sutter. His brother, Darryl, is Calgary’s general manager, and Darryl’s son, Brett, was called up by the Flames before their game Sunday in Atlanta.

“With the injuries they’ve had, they’ve rotated their young players in and out of the lineup, and Brett’s getting another opportunity,” Brent Sutter said. “It’s good. I’m happy for him.”